Help

Select legislators by checking boxes. Then click to sort by "Selected" at the top of the column.

Scroll the columns of votes -but keep the names- to view more columns on the right with ">>".
That is, the window of columns seen shifts to the right. The skipped columns are added on the far edge.
It works best if you select your legislators, then sort by selected.
(Note: The scroll may look smaller than expected, if the bills are not aligned.)

Use narrow columns to squeeze the votes together.

Align bills across chambers leaves empty spaces so that if, for example, a bill was
voted on in both the Senate and House then both votes appear in the same column.

Checkboxes may be controlled by the URL. Example:
http://www.michiganvotes.org/VotingIndex.aspx?ID=887&repeat=false&headings=true&narrow=false&short=false&align=true&rows=
The pattern is “[first word of checkbox label]=true” or false. Example: &repeat=false

A limited number of rows may be controlled by the URL. Example:
http://www.michiganvotes.org/VotingIndex.aspx?ID=887&repeat=false&headings=true&narrow=false&short=false&align=true&rows=3

House Bill 4163:Remove some licensure restrictions on...[Remove some licensure restrictions on residential lift installers] to permit a licensed residential home builder to install residential stairway lifts without being subjected to the much more rigorous licensure provisions that apply to elevator contractors. The residential contractor would have to carry $2 million in liability insurance and be certified by the manufacturer of the lifts, which are one-story stair-climbing machines for elderly or handicapped individuals. See also House Bill 4162(House Roll Call 28)(Senate Roll Call 169)

House Bill 4195:Limit some government “venture capital...[Limit some government “venture capital investment” spending] to prohibit the state from pledging any more future tax revenue to guarantee investor returns under an "early stage venture capital investment" program authorized by a 2003 law. The bill would not affect several other government "venture capital" schemes however, including a "Venture Capital Development" program under the Granholm-era "21st Century Jobs Fund" rubric, a "Venture Match Fund," a "Venture Development Fund," an “Accelerator Fund,” past grants to a "Venture Capital Association" and more(House Roll Call 57)(Senate Roll Call 470)

House Bill 4328:Establish overspending public school “early...[Establish overspending public school “early warning system”] to give the Department Treasury the authority to withhold state school aid payments from an overspending school district that fails to submit an acceptable “deficit elimination plan” as required by law, or which falls more deeply into financial trouble and must operate under an “enhanced” deficit plan. This is part of a package comprised of House Bills 4325 to 4330 intended to create an “early warning system” for school district with financial problems(House Roll Call 80)(Senate Roll Call 335)

House Bill 4052:Preempt local employer wage, benefit or labor...[Preempt local employer wage, benefit or labor law mandates] to preempt local governments, public schools, state colleges and universities, and other governmental authorities from imposing mandatory wage, benefit, leave time, apprenticeship and other requirements on employers which exceed those required by state or federal law. The vote occurred after the House removed a provision making the bill retroactive and described as a "catch-all" provision restricting any local regulation on "the relationship" between employers and employees rather than just specified mandates(House Roll Call 249)(Senate Roll Call 297)